This morning from around 7.12am men of the Nigerian police force laid siege on the residence of Senate President Dr Bukola Saraki and his Deputy Senator Ike Ekweremadu , which was greeted with mixed reactions across the country.
Hours later the Senate President arrived the Senate to Preside over the plenary session for the day, with the defection of 15 Senators from the ruling All Progressives Congress party to the People’s Democratic Party.
This positions the PDP now as the majority with 58 Senators and APC the minority with 48 Senators.